More Pennsylvania counties with jails are limiting their cooperation with federal immigration authorities following a court decision last year in favor of an Allentown man wrongly held in Lehigh County Jail on suspicion that he was in the country illegally. Fourteen Pennsylvania counties, including Lehigh, adopted formal policies in 2014 against holding prisoners for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reflecting the federal court ruling that the agency's detention instructions are only requests. Those counties joined 18 others that already had such policies on the books, are drafting a policy or have an informal practice of not honoring the immigration agency's requests,...

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More Pennsylvania counties with jails are limiting their cooperation with federal immigration authorities following a court decision last year in favor of an Allentown man wrongly held in Lehigh County Jail on suspicion that he was in the country...

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One lucky person will win two tickets to ICE! at Gaylord Palms thanks to The Orlando Date Night Guide's giveaway.
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WHAT: The cold front is moving in again at Gaylord Palms resort. ICE!, a 9-degree ice-sculpture exhibit, starts its holiday run Saturday. This year's theme revolves around "The Nutcracker" ballet and comes, naturally, with the original...

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Native Floridians...

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Gettysburg, Pa.
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